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Table 3 Identification of eating behaviors profiles

From: Examining maladaptive eating behaviors and psychological difficulties among women with compulsive eating and obesity: a latent profile analysis

Variables

Eating behaviors profiles

   
 

Highly disinhibited (n = 73)

Moderate sensitivity

to eating cues (n = 76)

Perceived control over food (n = 39)

F

Disinhibition

12.42 (1.94)a

11.12 (2.10)b

9.21 (2.79)c

27.36*

Habitual

3.89 (1.24)a

3.18 (1.33)b

2.64 (1.60)b

11.65*

Emotional

2.79 (0.53)a

2.53 (0.84)a, b

2.21 (1.15)b

6.76*

Situational

4.26 (1.03)a

3.66 (1.16)b

2.74 (1.53)c

20.38*

Susceptibility to hunger

11.53 (1.45)a

6.55 (1.42)b

2.26 (1.16)c

607.35*

Internal

5.08 (1.00)a

2.47 (1.24)b

0.54 (0.79)c

251.99*

External

4.84 (0.83)a

2.93 (1.17)b

1.05 (0.83)c

196.54*

Restraint

7.26 (4.26)a

7.93 (4.21)a, b

9.36 (4.52)b

3.05*

Flexible

3.11 (1.09)a

3.36 (2.07)a

3.93 (1.97)a

2.28

Rigid

2.68 (1.62)a

2.61 (1.63)a

2.97 (1.78)a

0.66

  1. Means with different subscripts within a row are significantly different from one another (p <.05)
  2. * p <.05